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Page Compiled: Martin Melaugh and Fionnuala McKenna
Material is added to this site on a regular basis - information on this page may change

The nature of the violent conflict in Northern Ireland has changed over the course of the past 30 years. When complete the links from this page will provide information on the violence between 1968 and the present day.

  • selected reading list

  • summary

  • background information
      see also the information on security in Northern Ireland
      see material on the issue of collusion between security forces and paramilitaries
      discussion of the difficulties in compiling statistics on deaths

  • chronology
      chronology of major violent incidents, 1969-1998
      chronology of violent incidents after the 1994 ceasefires
      chronology of 'pipe-bomb' attacks, July 1997 to 13 February 2001
      Sutton's Chronological List of Deaths, 14 July 1969 to 31 December 2001
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2002
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2003
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2004
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2005
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2006
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2007
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2008
      Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2009

  • list of significant violent incidents, including:
      list of 'first' violent incidents
      list of major incidents
      list of other 'landmark' incidents

  • list of those killed during 'the Troubles'
      information on the 'disappeared'
      list of people killed by 'rubber' and 'plastic' bullets

  • list of some of the groups providing support to victims of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland

  • paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland

  • main pages

  • official statistics and other data

  • list of source material


  • CAIN contains information and source material on the conflict and politics in Northern Ireland.
    CAIN is based within the University of Ulster.


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